Measurements of the keV-neutron capture cross sections and radiative γ-ray spectrum of 56Fe and 57Fe are performed based on a 7 Li(p,n)7 Be reaction neutron source. The incident neutron spectrum on a capture sample...Measurements of the keV-neutron capture cross sections and radiative γ-ray spectrum of 56Fe and 57Fe are performed based on a 7 Li(p,n)7 Be reaction neutron source. The incident neutron spectrum on a capture sample is measured by means of a time-of-flight (TOF) method with a 6Li-glass detector. The radiative capture 7-rays emitted from an iron CS Fe or 57 Fe) or standard gold (197Au) sample are detected by a large anti-Compton NaI(TI) spectrometer covered with a heavy shield. The capture yields of samples are obtained by applying a pulse-height weighting technique to the corresponding capture γ-ray pulse-height spectrum. The Maxwellian averaged neutron capture cross sections of 56Fe and 5T Fe are derived according to the present capture cross section results.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11305007 and 11235002.
文摘Measurements of the keV-neutron capture cross sections and radiative γ-ray spectrum of 56Fe and 57Fe are performed based on a 7 Li(p,n)7 Be reaction neutron source. The incident neutron spectrum on a capture sample is measured by means of a time-of-flight (TOF) method with a 6Li-glass detector. The radiative capture 7-rays emitted from an iron CS Fe or 57 Fe) or standard gold (197Au) sample are detected by a large anti-Compton NaI(TI) spectrometer covered with a heavy shield. The capture yields of samples are obtained by applying a pulse-height weighting technique to the corresponding capture γ-ray pulse-height spectrum. The Maxwellian averaged neutron capture cross sections of 56Fe and 5T Fe are derived according to the present capture cross section results.